Oriwe Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Oriwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
Oriwe (12) may also be a first name.
Oriwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oriwe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oriwe is the 1,484,726th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Oriwe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oriwe is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The last name Oriwe is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 48 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Delta, where 16 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Oriwe
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